CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada announced Thursday that Dan Church will serve as head coach, while Doug
Derraugh and Danielle Goyette will serve as assistant coaches, of Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2012
IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship, taking place April 7-14 in Burlington, Vt.

Church (Toronto, Ont./York University, CIS), Derraugh (Arnprior, Ont./Cornell University, ECAC) and
Goyette (St-Nazaire, Que./University of Calgary, CIS) all return to the bench after helping Canada claim the
silver medal at the 2011 4 Nations Cup in Nyköping, Sweden last November and finishing third at the 2011 IIHF
12 Nations Invitational Tournament, held last August and September in Vierumäki, Finland.

“We have assembled an extremely experienced coaching staff for this year’s world championship,” said Kalli
Quinn, director of female national teams for Hockey Canada. “We are confident that they will continue to
instill success in our players on the ice and ultimately make our country proud.”

Dan Church, 38, is in his eighth season as head coach of the York University women’s hockey team,
following eight years as an assistant coach with the University of Toronto. He has served as president of the
CIS Women’s Hockey Coaches Association since 2007 and won a CIAU (now CIS) national championship in 2001 as
an assistant coach with the University of Toronto women’s team, under former National Women’s Team head coach
Karen Hughes. Church won a silver medal as head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2011 4 Nations
Cup, a silver medal as an assistant coach with Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2011 IIHF World Women’s
Championship, a gold medal as head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team at the 2008 Air Canada
Cup and a gold medal as head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s
Under-18 Championship. He also won a gold medal as Canada’s head coach at the 2009 FISU Games in Harbin,
China, the first to include women’s hockey.

Doug Derraugh, 43, is in his seventh season as head coach of Cornell University’s women’s hockey team.
Derraugh won a silver medal as an assistant coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2011 4 Nations
Cup. He guided Cornell to the NCAA national championship game in 2010, along with back-to-back NCAA Frozen
Four appearances in 20. He was named the Division I Coach of the Year by the American Hockey
Coaches Association in 2010 and ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year in 2011. Derraugh played professionally from
19, recording 604 points in 637 games in Austria, Finland, Germany and Italy.

Danielle Goyette, 46, is in her fifth season as head coach of the University of Calgary’s women’s hockey
team. Goyette won a silver medal as an assistant coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2011 4
Nations Cup and has twice served an assistant coach with Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team, winning
silver medals at the IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in 20. As a player, she’s a
three-time Olympian with two gold medals and one silver medal and nine-time world champion with eight gold
medals and one silver medal. Goyette retired following the 2006-07 season and currently sits third all-time
in goals (114), fifth in assists (105) and third in points (219) in Canada’s National Women’s Team
history.

The 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship is the 14th since the tournament’s 1990 inception.
Canada’s National Women’s Team has appeared in every gold medal game at the IIHF World Women’s Championship,
winning nine gold medals (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2007) and four silver (2005,
2008, 20).

The puck drops Saturday, March 31 at 7 p.m. ET inside the Ottawa Civic Centre on an exhibition game
between the United States and Canada in what will serve as a warm-up for this year’s world championship.
Individual tickets start at just $15 each plus applicable fees, and are available by going to www.HockeyCanada.ca/2013Ottawa or calling the
613-599-FANS (3267). More information on the training camp for Canada’s National Women’s Team leading up to
this year’s world championship will be released soon.

NOTE TO MEDIA: Kristen Lipscombe, Hockey Canada’s coordinator of communications, will be on site with
Canada’s National Women’s Team both in Ottawa and Burlington. Please contact her for interview requests at klipscombe@hockeycanada.ca or (403) 826-4819.

To stay up-to-date on Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World
Championship this April in Burlington, please follow Team Canada at www.Twitter.com/HC_TeamCanada, become a fan of
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and visit www.HockeyCanada.ca/NWT.

Lacasse made 22 saves, but Canada was blanked in the tournament final.

2017-18 NWT: CAN 3 – ROY 1 (Icebreaker)

Poulin scored twice in the third period to send Canada to the win.

2017-18 NWT: CAN 4 – FLA 1 (Icebreaker)

Saulnier got the GWG to lead Canada to its first Icebreaker victory.

2017-18 NWT: NOR 4 – CAN 2 (Icebreaker)

Daoust and Spooner scored, but Canada dropped its tournament opener.

2017-18 NST: WHT 3 – RED 2 (Intrasquad)

Delaney scored a pair of special-teams goals to help White edge Red.

2017-18 NST: WHT 2 – KOR 0 (Exhibition)

White blanks Korea at sledge camp

2017-18 NST: RED 4 – KOR 1 (Exhibition)

Red starts sledge camp with win

BDO launches Goals for Kids program

As part of the BDO Goals for Kids program, $100 will go to minor hockey associations across the country for every Team Canada goal scored at Hockey Canada-hosted international events, and $50 will be donated for every goal scored at a trio of national championships – the Esso Cup, TELUS Cup and RBC Cup.

2017-18 NWU18T : CAN 3 – USA 0 (Game 2)

McArthur earned the 26-save SO to help Canada even the U18 series.

2017-18 NWU18T: BLK 3 – RED 2 OT (Intrasquad)

MacEachern scored the OT winner to get Black the intrasquad sweep.

2017-18 NWDT: USP 2 – GLD 1 (Exhibition)

Knott opened the scoring, but Gold fell a goal short against U SPORTS.